Minister of State for External Affairs (Vishwamitra)
| Minister of State for External Affairs विदेश राज्यमंत्री | |
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| Ministry of External Affairs | |
| Style | The Right Honourable |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | Prime Minister Minister of External Affairs |
| Nominator | Prime Minister |
| Appointer | The Rashtradhyaksh on the recommendation of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | At His Illustrious and Royal Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | 10 July 2016; 6 years, 8 months ago |
The Minister of State for External Affairs (Hindi: विदेश राज्यमंत्री), commonly shortened as State Minister for External Affairs is the junior minister in the External Affairs Ministry who is also a member of the union council of ministers. The minister of state is responsible to carry out specialised duties as directed to them from time to time by the Prime Minister or the cabinet minister within the ministerial jurisdiction. The first Minister of State for External Affairs was Bhargab Jyoti Medhi who was appointed by prime minister Dhrubajyoti Roy on 2 October 2016, a few months after the creation of the ministry in July 2016. The current minister of state is Johannes Mattias Toome who has been in office since 12 November 2022 and is also the Minister of State for Finance.
The Minister of State for External Affairs often assists their senior ministerial colleague, the Minister of External Affairs and also carries out duties and heads various departments within the ministry. The minister of state for external affairs has occasionally simultaneously served as the minister of state in the Ministry of International Relations.
History and records
The position of the Minister of State for External Affairs was established following the creation of the Ministry of External Affairs on 10 July 2016. Since the first ever occupant of the ministry, Saikat Seal held the rank as a minister of state with independent charge, no minister of state was appointed thereupon. On 2 October 2016, Bhargab Jyoti Medhi was appointed as the first minister of state for external affairs. The current minister of state is Johannes Mattias Toome who has been in office since 12 November 2022.
Nineteen individuals have served as the minister of state for external affairs of whom two - Tyler Mullins and Rafe Burfield continued to serve as the minister of state despite their promotion as a cabinet minister. Rafe Burfield also holds the record of being the only ever former minister of state to be appointed as cabinet minister of external affairs and that too immediately after relinquishing the duties as minister of state. Only one former minister of state for external affairs went on to become the prime minister - Farhaz Hazarika, who served as minister of state for external affairs between 31 January and 1 March 2021.
Roles and duties
The Minister of State for External Affairs is responsible for assisting the Minister for External Affairs in the discharge of their functions and duties over the ministry and the various departments, including:
- Department of International Relations
- Department of Diplomatic Relations
- Department of Overseas Territories
- Department of Foreign Trade
- Diplomatic corps
List
Ministers of State for External Affairs
* Denotes those who later went on to become the Cabinet Minister for External Affairs.
| Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | Cabinet Minister | ||||
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| Ministers of State for External Affairs (10 July 2016 – 13 May 2018) | ||||||||||
| Minister of State (Independent charge) in-charge between 10 July and 18 September 2016. | Dhrubajyoti III | Dhrubajyoti Roy | Saikat Seal (Independent charge) | |||||||
| Position vacant between 10 July and 2 October 2016. | Asmi Patranabis | |||||||||
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Bhargab Jyoti Medhi भार्गब ज्योति मेधी (born 2001) |
2 October 2016 |
30 December 2016 |
89 days | Secular Party | Dhrubajyoti Roy | ||||
| 30 December 2016 |
12 April 2017 |
Independent Party | Dhrubajyoti IV | Arnab Deka | ||||||
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Manoj Chetry मनोज छेत्री (born 2005) |
12 April 2017 |
5 July 2017 |
84 days | Baishya III | Sarala Baishya | Abhiraj Kar | |||
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Tusharjit Deka तुषारजीत डेका (born 2006) |
5 July 2017 |
7 September 2017 |
64 days | Secular Party | Tanishkaa II | Tanishkaa Patranabish | Arnab Sil | ||
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Sampriti Paul संप्रीति पॉल (born 2004) |
7 September 2017 |
25 December 2017 |
109 days | ||||||
| 25 December 2017 |
21 March 2018 |
Dhrubajyoti V | Dhrubajyoti Roy | |||||||
| Position vacant between 21 March and 13 May 2018. | Dhrubajyoti VI | |||||||||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State (14 May – 12 October 2018) | ||||||||||
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Harlong Terang हार्लोंग तेरांग (born 2005) |
14 May 2018 |
12 October 2018 |
151 days | Congress | Tanishkaa III | Tanishkaa Patranabish | Bishnu Chetry (Secretary of State) | ||
| Dhrubajyoti Roy | ||||||||||
| Ministers of State for External Affairs (12 October 2018 – 8 June 2020) | ||||||||||
| Position vacant between 12 October 2018 and 6 January 2019. | Dhrubajyoti VII | Dhrubajyoti Roy | Abhiraj Kar | |||||||
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Jemina Hazarika जेमिना हज़ारिका (born 2006) |
7 January 2019 |
13 March 2019 |
65 days | Congress | Tanishkaa IV | Tanishkaa Patranabish | Arnab Sil | ||
| Position vacant between 13 March and 17 March 2019. | ||||||||||
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Sampriti Paul संप्रीति पॉल (born 2004) |
17 March 2019 |
17 August 2019 |
153 days | Congress | Tanishkaa V | ||||
| Tanishkaa Patranabish | ||||||||||
| Bishnu Chetry | ||||||||||
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Pallavi Rai पल्लवी राय (born 2005) |
18 August 2019 |
2 September 2019 |
15 days | ||||||
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Arpan Deka अर्पण डेका (born 2008) |
2 September 2019 |
29 September 2019 |
27 days | ||||||
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Tusharjit Deka तुषारजीत डेका (born 2006) |
29 September 2019 |
15 October 2019 |
16 days | Ankurjyoti Thakuria | |||||
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Jemina Hazarika जेमिना हज़ारिका (born 2006) |
15 October 2019 |
16 November 2019 |
32 days | ||||||
| Bishnu Chetry | ||||||||||
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Arpan Deka अर्पण डेका (born 2008) |
16 November 2019 |
24 November 2019 |
8 days | ||||||
| Position vacant between 24 and 26 November 2019. | ||||||||||
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Abhirup Patranabis अभिरूप पत्रनबिस (born 2012) |
26 November 2019 |
9 December 2019 |
13 days | Congress | |||||
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Tusharjit Deka तुषारजीत डेका (born 2006) |
9 December 2019 |
3 March 2020 |
85 days | ||||||
| Anoushkaa Patranabish | ||||||||||
| Position vacant between 3 March and 22 March 2020. | Anoushkaa I | Anoushkaa Patranabish | Anirban Phatowali | |||||||
| Ankurjyoti Thakuria | ||||||||||
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Jemina Hazarika जेमिना हज़ारिका (born 2006) |
22 March 2020 |
29 March 2020 |
7 days | Congress | Tanishkaa VI | Tanishkaa Patranabish | Bishnu Chetry | ||
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Tusharjit Deka तुषारजीत डेका (born 2006) |
29 March 2020 |
30 April 2020 |
32 days | ||||||
| Position vacant between 1 May and 13 May 2020. | ||||||||||
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Pallavi Rai पल्लवी राय (born 2005) |
13 May 2020 |
8 June 2020 |
26 days | Congress | Tanishkaa VII | Tanishkaa Patranabish | Asmi Patranabis | ||
| Ministers of State for Foreign Affairs (8 June – 17 June 2020) | ||||||||||
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Bishakha Das बिशाखा दास (born 2013) |
8 June 2020 |
17 June 2020 |
9 days | Congress | Anoushkaa II | Princess Anoushkaa | Dhrubajyoti Roy (Upa Rashtradhyaksh) | ||
| Ministers of State for Foreign Affairs and International Relations (17 June 2020) | ||||||||||
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Rajia Hazarika रजिया हज़ारिका (born 2008) |
17 June 2020 |
28 January 2021 |
225 days | Congress | Anoushkaa II | Princess Anoushkaa |
Ankurjyoti Thakuria | ||
| Nishwan Baidantic | ||||||||||
| Senior Prince Abhiraj | ||||||||||
| Duke Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu | ||||||||||
| Position vacant between 28 January and 31 January 2021. | Ștefan I | Duke Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu |
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Farhaz Hazarika फ़रहाज़ हज़ारिका (born 2003) |
31 January 2021 | 1 March 2021 | 29 days | Congress | |||||
| Position vacant between 1 March and 5 March 2021. | ||||||||||
| Ministers of State for Foreign Affairs (6 March – 10 July 2021) | ||||||||||
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Ezri Ambriz एज़्री अंब्रीज़ (born 2007) |
6 March 2021 |
10 July 2021 |
126 days | Congress | Ștefan II | Duke Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu |
Duke Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu | ||
| Ministers of State for External Affairs (10 July 2021 – present) | ||||||||||
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Ezri Ambriz एज़्री अंब्रीज़ (born 2007) |
10 July 2021 |
6 August 2021 |
27 days | Congress | Ștefan II | Duke Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu |
Duke Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu | ||
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Duke Jayden Dagsa जायदेन डगसा (born 2008) |
6 August 2021 |
11 September 2021 |
76 days | ||||||
| 11 September 2021 |
21 October 2021 |
Farhaz I | Duke Farhaz Hazarika |
Baron Ned Vodă | ||||||
| Position vacant between 21 October and 22 November 2021. | Phillip | Count Phillip Joseph Pillin |
Patrick Kenny | |||||||
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Count Tyler Mullins टायलर मुलिंस (born 1998) |
22 November 2021 |
17 February 2022[a] |
87 days | Congress | Farhaz II | Duke Farhaz Hazarika |
Count Rory McPhail | ||
| Duke Michal Nowacki | ||||||||||
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Rey Jr. Mancio रे जूनियर मन्सियो (born 2007) |
9 February 2022 |
17 March 2022 |
36 days | ||||||
| Position vacant between 17 March and 12 May 2022. | Dhrubajyoti Roy (Rashtradhyaksh) | |||||||||
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Rafe Burfield राफे बरफ़ील्ड (born 2005) * |
12 May 2022 |
16 July 2022[b] |
65 days | Independent | Farhaz III | Duke Farhaz Hazarika |
Liam Alexander | ||
| Arthur Lacey-Scott (Acting) | ||||||||||
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Thomas Jacobs एंड्रयू ब्रदरटन (born 2008) |
16 July 2022 |
30 July 2022 |
14 days | Count Rafe Burfield | |||||
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Baron Arsal Abbas Mirza अरसल अब्बास मिर्ज़ा (born 2006) |
31 July 2022 |
11 November 2022 |
103 days | ||||||
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Johannes Mattias Toome जोहान्स मटियास टूम (born 2006) |
12 November 2022 |
Incumbent | 130 days | Congress | Farhaz IV | ||||
- ↑ Tyler Mullins was promoted as a cabinet minister on 9 February 2022, however he continued his duties as minister of state for external affairs until 17 February 2022.
- ↑ Rafe Burfield was promoted as a cabinet minister on 11 June 2022, however he continued his duties as minister of state for external affairs until his own appointed as cabinet minister for external affairs on 16 July 2022.